So the first screening of the film was last night in Boston at a cool little cinema – The Brattle – it was reasonably well attended, including by some sideshow folk who had recently worked with some of the freaks in the movie. Apparently they ain’t received the DVD I sent them ages ago [...]
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freaks on a screen
Posted in culture, that film, the last american freak show, tagged awards, bafta, blind, borat, brittany, Brittany Spears, burning man, cannabis, culture, disability, dwarves, entertainment, freaks, freakshow, humour, larry charles, little fish, media, men, minoritys, movies, music, Paris Hilton, politics, PR, snow, social justice, spanking, stoners, television, that film, the last american freak show on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
freaking serious stuff
Posted in culture, that film, the last american freak show, tagged awards, bafta, blind, borat, brittany, Brittany Spears, burning man, cannabis, culture, disability, dwarves, entertainment, freaks, freakshow, humour, larry charles, little fish, media, men, minoritys, movies, music, Paris Hilton, politics, PR, snow, social justice, spanking, stoners, television, that film, the last american freak show on March 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here’s a serious statement about why I have made this film and insist on promoting it in the face of hostility and indifference….
Disability is ubiquitous. Over 50 million Americans and 3 million British people are disabled. Where are they? You hardly ever see them and when you do it’s usually in transit or in a [...]
Posted in that film, tagged awards, bafta, blind, borat, brittany, Brittany Spears, burning man, cannabis, culture, disability, dwarves, entertainment, freaks, freakshow, humour, larry charles, little fish, media, men, minoritys, movies, music, Paris Hilton, politics, PR, snow, social justice, spanking, stoners, television, that film, the last american freak show, the last american freak show | Tagged circus on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a link to an interview I gave to the London International Documentary festival website this week – kind of states the case… http://www.lidf.co.uk/lidf09/conversations/interview-with-richard-butchins/
Off to Boston on Thursday. I will blog from there to let you know what an underground film festival is like, presumably it’s not actually underground – though that would be [...]
freakery ahead
Posted in culture, that film, the last american freak show, tagged awards, bafta, blind, borat, brittany, Brittany Spears, burning man, cannabis, circus, culture, disability, dwarves, entertainment, freaks, freakshow, humour, larry charles, little fish, media, men, minoritys, movies, music, Paris Hilton, politics, PR, snow, social justice, spanking, stoners, television, that film, the last american freak show on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now listen up I have happened across the International Kazoo Orchestra or Kazooniverse as they are known. I bumped into a member at the press launch for the London International Documentary Festival (she also reviews films for CNN) and the upshot is that a detachment of the Orchestra are going to perform prior to the [...]
Back after a freak out february
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged awards, bafta, blind, borat, brittany, Brittany Spears, burning man, cannabis, circus, culture, disability, dwarves, entertainment, freaks, freakshow, humour, larry charles, little fish, media, men, minoritys, movies, music, Paris Hilton, politics, PR, snow, social justice, spanking, stoners, television, that film, the last american freak show, the last american freak show | Tagged art, the last american freak show | Tagged struggle, tricks, video, women on March 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Well what’d’ya know I am back, after getting snowed in and frozen out through a grim January and bleak Febuary. The suns back and I am no longer feeling that life is chopping my hands off and then demanding I play the piano….
There’s a little good news regarding the film as well ( that freakstone [...]
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me at the film's website because the Google apps page keeps breaking...It's - info 'at' lastamericanfreakshow.com.
